State Department deletes embarrassing X post after Marco Rubio groups Trump in with 'stupid people'
State Department deletes embarrassing X post after Marco Rubio groups Trump in with 'stupid people'
Reanna SmithMon, May 25, 2026 at 1:33 PM UTC
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Rubio was asked about racist comments made about India in the US during his visit -Credit:Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool AP (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool AP)
The state department deleted an embarrassing X post on Sunday that quoted Marco Rubio appearing to group Donald Trump in with "stupid people."
Rubio was caught off guard during his trip to New Delhi on Sunday when he was questioned about racist remarks made against Indians in the US. “We have a lot of racist comments coming from the United States against Indians, Indian Americans. This goes against the basic premise of the India-US relationship. What’s your take on that?” the secretary of state was asked during a joint press conference.
“Who made those comments?” Rubio asked. “Which ones?” Sidhant Sibal of WIONews told him the comments were “pretty well known” and that “we have seen endorsement of those comments”. It comes after a former Trump staffer revealed his 4 chilling predictions for what the president will do next.
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Rubio went on to give a vague answer as he called those in the US who have made racist comments about India "stupid people."
“I don’t know how to address that but I’ll take that very seriously, about the comments,” he said. “I'm sure that there are people who have made comments online and in other places because every country in the world has stupid people,” he added.
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“I'm sure there are stupid people here. There are stupid people in the United States who make dumb comments all the time," Rubio went on. "Our nation has been enriched by people who have come to our country from all over the world, become Americans, assimilated into our way of life, and contributed greatly.”
However, the secretary of state appeared to have inadvertently grouped the US president in with those "stupid people" as Sibal later clarified on X that his question had referred to a post shared by Trump on Truth Social that described India as a "hellhole."
India’s government denounced the post as inappropriate and “in poor taste”.
The State Department shared a post quoting the question and Rubio's response before quickly deleting it. The Secretary of State's visit to India marks an effort by Washington and New Delhi to steady strained relations as the two countries seek to reinforce strategic and economic ties despite recent trade tensions.
In meetings Sunday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Rubio stressed cooperation on trade, energy, defense and maritime security. Rubio said the countries remained strategically aligned and expressed optimism about a broader trade deal.
Rubio’s four-day trip also includes talks with members from the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Indo-Pacific alliance more commonly known as the Quad.
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Source: “AOL Breaking”
